Vehicle-wheel.



p unctured, it is but necessary to remove the the felly and lying snugly thereagainst when 25 quickly and obviates the necessityof patchbolts l0 and said nuts being provided with tured tire is quite a lengthy task. It will plates being secured by screws 22 to the of a few minutes may mean the loss of a sheet metal.-

-- UNITED sTATEs PATENT EicE. .Eas

No. 914,710. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented March 9, 1909. Application filed July 19, 1907. Serial No. 384,537.

To all wh0m 'it may comzem: of an annular plate 8 are turned over the Be 1t known that I, PETER Elsivnmacitizen' edges 6 to bind these parts together, it beof the United States, residing at Columbus, ing understood that these parts will therein the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, after be brazed together. Tubular members 5 have invented certain new and useful Im- 9 span the felly and are braced thereto, said Y provements in Vehicle-Wheels of which the tubular members being provided for the refollow'ing is a specification. ception of bolts 10, said bolts serving a pur- My invention relates to vehicle wheels and pose which will be hereinafter-described. more particularly to automobile wheels, the Brazed. to the portion 8 of the felly, is a 65 10 object of the invention being to provide fixed retaining member 11. This fixed rea wheel of this character constructed in such taining member is provided with an undermanner that the rim thereof is removable cut portion12 and an annular rubber gasket from the felly of the wheel, said rim bein 13 is adapted to be forced into this underprovidedwith means for securing it to the cut portion by the reduced edge 14 of a V70 15 usual pneumatic tire. f l movable retaining member 15. Brazed to In practice the removable rim is secured the removable retaining member 15 and to the tire by clencherbeads in the usual and practically integral therewith are the enwell known manner. If, therefore, the pneularged depending bearing plates 16, these matic tire in use upon the wheel becomesi bearing plates 16 conforming'to the shape of 75 rim to which it is secured, from the wheel the parts are in their assembled positions. and substitute another rim carrying another The bearing plates 16 areA recessed as at 17 tire, for the one that is punctured. This for the reception of nuts 18, said nuts being provides means for making the repairs very adapted to be threaded upon the ends of the Av ing the tires while on the road. A rim conangular heads 19 to which a wrench may taining a punctured tire may be removed be applied, as will be hereinafter described. and another substituted therefor, in a very The heads of these nuts project through the few minutes, while the patching of a puncopen portions 20 of cap plates 21, these cap 85 therefore be seen that a structure such as is herein shown and described, is not only desirable for every day use, but is particularly desirable upon racing cars where the loss bearin plates 16.v Washers 23 serve to prevent tie entrance of mud, dirt or water to the y interior of the capl plates. These washers are normally forced outwardly against the over-turned edges 24 of the cap plates by springs 25, said springs bearing between said washers and the nuts 18. A clencher tire of theusual and well known construction is indicated at 26. This clencher tire is secured by clencher beads 27 to the removable rim. This rim 'comprises a body portion 28,.the lower face of which is adapted to rest upon the fixed retaining' member 11 and lthe removable retainin 100 member 15, and curved flanges 29, sai l flanges 29 receiving and supporting the clencher beads. The retaining members 11 and 15 are provided with portions 80 shaped to conform to the flanges 29 and bearing and 105 supporting said lian es. l

heoperation of t edevice is as follows: `Assuming that it is desired to remove the tire shown in the drawing and substitute another therefor, the operator applies a wrench 11,0 to the heads 19 of the nuts 18 and unscrews said nuts from the threaded ends of the race.

It is a further object of the invention to accomplish the foregoing objects by provid ing a structure whic'h may be made of rolled Furtherl objects and advantages of the invention will be set-.forth in the detailed description which now follows:

The figure shown in the accompanying 45 drawing is a view partially in section and partially in perspective of the felly, rim and tire of a wheel constructed in accordance with the invention. Referring to the drawing, the numeral 5 i0 designates the felly of the wheel. This felly -may be made of .rolled sheet metal as indicated in the drawing, or it Amay be an ordinary wooden felly. When the felly is made of sheet metal, it comprises an annular 5 U-shaped portion 5,- the upp'er edges `of which are outturned as at 6. The edges 7 d position,

' bolts 10. When al1-of these nuts have vbeen thus loosened, the removable retaining member 1 5 may be ulled away fromthe felly and the rim an the tire carried thereby, may be slipped bodily toward'the right and from the fixed retainin member and consequently from the felly. Ihiring this operation of removin the retaining member 15, the springs 25 aid in forcing said mem ber outward for the springs normally tend to force the nuts 18 inwardly, but since the nuts are at this time being backed off ofthe bolts 10 and are acting against said bolts, the thrust of the springs is brought to bear a ainst said bolts to force the member 15 and the parts carried thereby, away from the felly, 1t being understood that the bolts 10 are driven into position with a driving fit and are so tightly held gghilt they alwaysV remain in position in the By virtue of this construction, if repairs have to be made in the dark, the operator has no lost bolts to contend with, for after the new rim has been slipped in position upon the fixed retaining member 11 and the removable retaining member 15 is forced on to the felly to hold said rim in position, the bolts 10 will always be found 1n place, nor is it possible for the nuts 18v to drop out or become lost, for they are held against .movement to the right by the springs 25 and the overhanging flanges 24 o the caps,

and they are'held against movement to the .leftv by the rearv walls- 31 of the bearing plates 16. When the' rim is slipped into a short dowel 32 enters a cut-out portion 38 of the fixed retaining member to prevent-the rim from creeping with relation to said retaining member'.

. The rovision of the gasket 13 provides a water-tight joint between the fixed retaining member and the removable retaining member.

l It has-been found that water gets 1n around the base of the pneumatic tireand tends to rot the rubber and canvas. It cannot get .in

around the beads 27, for they gri the rubber beads 34 of the tire 26 with su force as to provide a water-tight joint at that l It ordinarily passes in around the` in ating valve stem (not shown). Now, of course only a very small quantity of water could et in around the valve stem itself, but itI as been found that where 'the' retaining members are left with an unprotected space lbetween them, that any water that enters said space anywhere around the circumfer ence of the wheel, travels around said unprotected space until it reaches the.va 1ve stem and then follows the valvey stem'up to vices adapted to be said 'taining member, olnt.

'ing to force the the inner portion of the pneumatic tire. It

is to prevent this that the gasket 13 is pro-n vided, said asket being compressed betweeni the point ofg v 12 of the member. 11 to form a water-tight joint as has been before stated. An desired number of bearing plates 16',bo ts 10 and nuts 18 may be provided about the periphery of the wheel, as will be readily understood.

the member 15 andthe portion l` From the foregoing description, it will be v seen that simple and eiiicient means are' herein provided for accomplishing the ob-fA jects of the invention, but while the elements'.

shown and described are well adapted to serve'the 'purposesjfor which theygare intended, it 1s tion is not limited to the precise construction set forth, but includes within its purview such changeslas may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim, isz- 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a felly, of a xed retaining member, a movable retaining member, rotative fastening devicescarried by one of said retaining members, fastening deand means for holding fastening devices,

said, rotative fastemngdevices'in position engaged by said rotative.

to be understood that the invenv aom upon the retaining member by which it is carried when said fastening devices are ldisengaged from each other.

2. In a device of the character described,

the 'combination with a felly, of a xed retaininof member, a removable retaining member, a rim adapted to be clam ed between retainin throughv said elly, nuts carried b the removable retaining member and a apt/ed to engage said bolts, inclosing casings, washers located within said inclosing caslngs and surrounding the springs bearing said nuts.

3. In a device f the character described, the combination with a felly, of a fixed resaid retainingl members, means or clamping a tire to said rim, and means normally tendremovable retaimn member 'Witnesses p A. L. IHELPS, L. CARL S'roUGIrroN.

a removable retaining `mem-V ber,a rim adapted to-be clam ed betweenmembers, bo ts passing j heads of the nuts,- and between said washers andY roe 

